Federal Police of Brazil

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The Federal Police of Brazil (Portuguese: Polícia Federal do Brasil) or Department of Federal Police (Portuguese: Departamento de Polícia Federal) is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and one of the most well-known nationwide police forces of the executive branch of Brazil. The other nationwide police forces are the Federal Highway Police, the Federal Prisons Police (Polícia Penal Federal) and the police of the capital, Brasília, which is also organized and maintained by the federal government. In addition, Brazil has the Federal Legislative Police (Polícia Legislativa Federal), the Federal Prosecutor’s Office Police (Polícia do MPU) and the Judicial Police of the Federal Judiciary. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Public Safety Department (Portuguese: Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública). The Federal Police Department is responsible for combating crimes against federal institutions, international drug trafficking, terrorism, cyber-crime, organized crime, public...

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